Teachers Discovering Computers

Integrating Technology in a Changing World

8th Edition

Chapter Two
Communications, Networks, the
Internet, and the World Wide Web
 Chapter Objectives

• Define communications
• Identify the basic components of a
communications system
• Describe how and why network computers are
used in schools and school districts
• Explain how the Internet works

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 Chapter Objectives

• Describe the World Wide Web portion of the

Internet
• Explain how Web documents are linked to one
another
• Explain the use of Web browser software
• Explain how to use a Web search tool to find
information

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 Chapter Objectives

• Identify several types of multimedia products available on the Web

• Explain how Internet services such as e-mail, newsgroups, chat
rooms, and instant messaging work
• Describe the educational implications of the Internet and the
World Wide Web
• Describe different ways to connect to the Internet and the World
Wide Web
• Describe the pros and cons of Web 2.0 tools for teachers and
students

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 What Is Communications?

• A process in which two or more computers or

devices transfer data, instructions, and
information
• Sometimes called telecommunications

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 What Is Communications?

• Electronic mail (e-mail)

• Voice mail
• Facsimile (fax)
• Telecommuting
• Online services
• Videoconferencing
• Internet
• World Wide Web

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 Communications Networks

• Basic communications system

– Two computers, one to send and one to receive data
– Communications devices that send and receive data
– A communications channel over which data is sent

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Communications Networks

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 Communications Networks

• Communications channel
– Transmissions media
• Twisted-pair cable

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 Communications Networks

• Digital vs. analog

signals
– Dial-up Modem
• External modem
• Internal modem
– Network interface
cards

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 Communications Networks

• Local Area Networks (LAN)

– Covers limited geographical area
– Server manages resources
– A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a LAN that uses no wires
• Wide Area Networks (WAN)
– Covers large geographical area
– Can consist of several LANs

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 Communications Networks

• Home Networks
– Connects multiple
computers in your
home or home office
– Share Internet access
– Share peripherals
– Can be wired or
wireless

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 Networking the Classroom, School, and District

• Schools have installed

networks for four reasons:
– To share hardware and
software resources
– To enable communications
among schools and other
organizations
– To connect students and
teachers to the Internet
– To use and share information
and data

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Networking the Classroom, School, and District

• Wireless schools and

classrooms
– Keep in touch with
family and friends
from anywhere
• Smart phones
• Tablet computer
• Notebook computers

– Wireless technology
brings the computer
lab to students
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 Networking the Classroom, School, and District

• High-Speed or Broadband Access

– Government works to provide high speed Internet
access to classrooms
– Broadband technology transmits signals at much
faster speeds

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The Benefits of Computer Networks in Education

• Sharing of computer hardware, software, and

data resources
• Unlimited educational resources
• Communicate
with other
educators and
students

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 What Is the Internet?

• Worldwide group of connected networks that

allow public access to information and services
• No single organization owns or controls
• Estimated over one billion users
• Variety of users

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What Is the Internet?

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 History of the Internet

• Started as a network of four computers at the

University of California at Los Angeles in 1969
• Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) -
ARPANET
• More than 350 million host computers today
• Backbone first provided by National Science
Foundation (NSF) - NSFnet

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History of the Internet

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 History of the Internet

• Backbone now provided by variety of corporations

• Various organizations help define standards
• Internet2 (I2)
– Extremely high-speed network
– Develop and test latest Internet technologies
– Members include more than 200 universities in the United
States, along with 115 companies

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 How the Internet Works

• Data is divided into packets

• Routers send packets across the Internet
• At the destination, the packets are reassembled
into the original message
• Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
(TCP/IP) is the communications protocol used by
the Internet

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How the Internet Works

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 How the Internet Works

• Internet Access Providers

– Have permanent connections to the Internet
– Provide temporary connections to individuals and
companies for a fee
– Regional and national ISPs
– Online service providers offer members only features

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 How the Internet Works

• Connecting to the Internet

– Business or school network connected to the Internet
– Dial-up access
– Cable TV (CATV)
– Digital subscriber line (DSL)
– Public Internet access point

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How the Internet Works

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 How the Internet Works

• The Internet Backbone

– Acts as a highway
– National ISPs use dedicated lines to connect directly to
the Internet
– Regional ISPs connect through leased lines to national
ISPs

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How the Internet Works

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 How the Internet Works

• Internet Addresses
– Numeric addresses
– Domain name
• Domain type abbreviations
• Country code abbreviations

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How the Internet Works

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 The World Wide Web

• Started in the early

1990s
• Hyperlinks
• Uniform Resource
Locator (URL)
• Hypertext transfer
protocol

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 The World Wide Web

• How a Web Page Works

– Hypertext
– Hyperlinks
• Target
• Relative
• Absolute

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 The World Wide Web

• Web Browser
Software
– Interprets
HTML and
displays Web
pages and
enables you to
link to other
Web pages
and Web sites
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 The World Wide Web

• Web Browser Software

– Interprets HTML and displays Web pages and enables you to
link to other Web pages and Web sites
– Also interprets:
• XHTML
• XML
• CSS

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The World Wide Web

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 The World Wide Web

• Searching for Information on the Web

– Directory maintained by a search engine company
– Helps find information on the Web
– Search engine
– Subject directory

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the Web

– Web pages incorporate graphics, animation, audio,
video, 3-D modeling, and virtual reality
– Plug-ins

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the
Web
– Graphics
• Used to enhance text-
based Internet
• Graphics formats

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the Web

– Graphics
• Used to enhance text-
based Internet
• Graphics formats
• Thumbnails

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on
the Web
– Animation
• Marquees
• Animated GIFs

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the
Web
– Audio
• MP3, WAV, WMA,
RealAudio, and QuickTime
– Players
• Streaming audio
• Podcasting
• RSS

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the
Web
– Video
• Streaming video

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 The World Wide Web

• Multimedia on the Web

– Virtual Reality
• Simulation of real or
imagined environment
that appears as a three-
dimensional (3-D) space
• VR worlds

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 Other Internet Services

• E-mail
– Primary communication method for both personal and
business use
– E-mail programs
• Mailbox
• Mail server
– E-mail address
• User name

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Other Internet Services

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 Other Internet Services

• FTP (file transfer

protocol)
– FTP sites and servers
– Allows file downloads
and uploads
– Anonymous FTP
– FTP programs

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 Other Internet Services

• Newsgroups and Message Boards

– Online area in which users conduct written discussions
about a particular subject
– Usenet
– News server
– Newsreader
– Article
– Posting
– Threaded discussion
– Message board

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Other Internet Services

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 Other Internet Services

• Mailing Lists
– Group of e-mail names and addresses given a single
name
– Subscribing and unsubscribing
– LISTSERVs

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 Other Internet Services

• Instant Messaging
– Real-time
communication
– See when one or more
people are online
– Exchange messages and
files
– Join a private chat room
– Text messaging
– Short Message Service
(SMS)

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 Other Internet Services

• Chat Rooms
– Real-time conversation
– Chat rooms
– Chat clients

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 Other Internet Services

• Voice Over IP (VoIP)

– Also called Internet
telephony
– Uses the Internet to
connect calling parties
– Low cost
– magicJack

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 Netiquette

• Internet etiquette
– The code of acceptable
behaviors users should
follow while on the Internet

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 Internet Security

• Firewall
• Filtering software
• Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

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The Impact of the Internet and the World Wide Web on Education

• The Web is the Gutenberg

printing press of modern
times
• Collaboration with other
teachers and students
– ePALS
• New instructional strategies

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 The Future of the Internet and the World Wide Web

• The Web will continue to evolve as the primary communications

channel for people around the world
• By 2014, more than two billion wireless communication devices
will be in use worldwide, and many of these products will have the
ability to access the Web wirelessly
• Devices that use embedded computers, such as automobiles, will
have built-in Internet access capabilities
• Web search capabilities will be more intelligent and focused.
Within a few years, the Web will operate at speeds 10,000 times
faster than today

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 The Future of the Internet and the World Wide Web

• Apps and Tablet Computers

– Sales of tablet computers will exceed the overall sales
of desktop and notebook computers in the next few
years
– Sales of apps will replace many current application
software programs as education software quickly
morphs into thousands of education apps
– Many schools, districts, and states will create their
own standards-based education apps for use by
teachers, students, and their parents

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The Future of the Internet and the World Wide Web

– Many students will be using note taking apps, like

Note Taker HD, which is an app for writing and
organizing handwritten notes and diagrams on a tablet
computer
– Education apps will target specific learning styles,
aptitudes, and abilities. Apps will revolutionize the
ability of schools to educate students with disabilities
– Education apps and tablet computers may indeed
measurably increase student achievement (including
test scores) and could do it quickly
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 Chapter Summary

• Define communications
• Identify the basic components of a
communications system
• Describe how and why network computers are
used in schools and school districts
• Explain how the Internet works

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 Chapter Summary

• Describe the World Wide Web portion of the

Internet
• Explain how Web documents are linked to one
another
• Explain the use of Web browser software
• Explain how to use a Web search tool to find
information

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 Chapter Summary

• Identify several types of multimedia products available on the Web

• Explain how Internet services such as e-mail, newsgroups, chat
rooms, and instant messaging work
• Describe the educational implications of the Internet and the
World Wide Web
• Describe different ways to connect to the Internet and the World
Wide Web
• Describe the pros and cons of Web 2.0 tools for teachers and
students

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Teachers Discovering Computers
Integrating Technology in a Changing World

Chapter Two Complete

Communications, Networks, the
Internet, and the World Wide Web